AP World History Chap. 13 Flashcards

240693912	Ibn Battuta	Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. (p. 373)	0
240693913	Monsoon	rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains	1
240693914	Delhi Sultanate	A Muslim leader of Ghur who defeated Hindu armies made Delhi, the third largest city of India, his capital.	2
240693915	Mali	Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans-Saharan gold trade.	3
240693916	Delhi	a city in north central India	4
240693917	Mansa Musa	this Mali king brought Mali to its peak of power and wealth from 1312 the 1337; he was the most powerful king in west africa	5
240693918	Gujarat	an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay	6
240693919	Raziya	(1236-1240) Daughter of Iltutmish, ruled well, dressed like a man, rode at head of troops	7
240693920	Swahili Coast	East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning 'shores.' (p. 383)	8
240693921	Aden	an important port of Yemen	9
240693922	Malacca	Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca. Also spelled Melaka. (p. 387), stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles	10
240693923	Urdu	the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi	11
240693924	Timbuktu	City on the Niger River in the modern country of Mali. It was founded by the Tuareg as a seasonal camp sometime after 1000. As part of the Mali empire, Timbuktu became a major major terminus of the trans-Saharan trade and a center of Islamic learning (388	12